Best Books - English List

FIDE Trainers' Commission - List of Books in English - By Jeroen Bosch (IM & FST) Proposed Books for Trainees N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

Author Surname Aagaard Alekhine Averbakh Bareev& Ilya Levitov Beim Beim Beliavsky & Adrian Mikhalchishin Beliavsky & Adrian Mikhalchishin Bologan Bosch Bosch, Steve Giddins Botvinnik Botvinnik Bronstein Bronstein & Tom Furstenberg Christiansen De la Villa Garcia Dorfman Dvoretsky Dvoretsky & Oleg Pervakov Dvoretsky & Arthur Yusupov Dvoretsky & Arthur Yusupov Dvoretsky Eingorn Emms Emms Fischer Flear Franco Franco & Colin Crouch Gelfand Gershon & Igor Nor Grivas Grivas Grivas Grooten Hansen Hansen Hansen Hertan Karolyi Karpov Kasparov Kasparov King Kmoch Kortchnoi Kotov

Name Jacob Alexander Yury Evgeny Valeri Valeri Alexander Alexander Victor Jeroen Jeroen Mikhail Mikhail David David Larry Jesus Iossif Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Viacheslav John John Robert James Glenn Zenon Zenon Boris Alik Efstratios Efstratios Efstratios Herman Carsten Lars Bo Lars Bo Charles Tibor Anatoly Garry Garry Daniel Hans Viktor Alexander

Title Excelling at Chess (5 volumes) New York 1924 Chess Tactics for Advanced Players From London to Elista Lessons in Chess Strategy How to Play Dynamic Chess Winning Endgame Strategy Secrets of Chess Intuition Victor Bologan Selected Games 1985-2004 The Combat Simulator The Chess Instructor 2009 Botvinnik vs Bronstein Moscow 1951 Botvinnik-Smyslov: Three World Chess Championship Matches Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953 The Sorcerer's Apprentice Storming the Barricades 100 Endgames You Must Know The Method in Chess Dvoretsky´s Endgame Manual Studies for Practical Players School of Future Champions - 5 volumes School of Chess Excellence - 4 volumes Dvoretsky´s Analytical Manual Decision-Making at the Chessboard The Survival Guide to Rook Endings The Survival Guide to Competitive Chess My 60 Memorable Games Practical Endgame Play - Beyond the Basics Chess Self-Improvement How to Defend in Chess: Learn from the World Champions My Most Memorable Games San Luis 2005 Modern Chess Planning Chess College (1-3) Practical Endgame Play - Mastering the Basics Chess Strategy for Clubplayers Improve Your Positional Chess Improve Your Chess: by Learning from the Champions Foundations of Chess Strategy Forcing Chess Moves: The Key to Better Calculation Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Karpov: My Best Games on My Great Predecessors (volumes I-V) on Modern Chess (volumes I-III) Test Your Chess with Daniel King Pawn Power in Chess My Best Games (vol 1 and 2) Think Like a Grandmaster

Publisher Everyman Chess Russell Enterprises Labate Chess New in Chess Gambit Publications Gambit Publications Batsford Chess Gambit Publications Russell Enterprises New in Chess New in Chess Edition Olms Zurich New in Chess Dover Publications New in Chess Gambit Publications New in Chess Sarl Russell Enterprises Russell Enterprises Edition Olms Zurich Edition Olms Zurich Edition Olms Zurich Gambit Publications Gambit Publications Everyman Chess Batsford Chess Everyman Chess Gambit Publications Gambit Publications Edition Olms Zurich Quality Chess Gambit Publications Gambit Publications Everyman Chess New in Chess Gambit Publications Gambit Publications Gambit Publications New in Chess New in Chess Edition Olms Zurich Everyman Chess Everyman Chess Batsford Chess Dover Publications Edition Olms Zurich Batsford Chess

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Kotov Larsen Lipnitsky Lund Marovic Marin Marin Marin Marin & Yuri Garrett Minev Moskalenko Muller & Frank Lamprecht Muller & Wolfgang Pajeken Muller & Frank Lamprecht Munninghoff Nimzowitsch Nimzowitsch Nunn Nunn Nunn Nunn Pritchett Romero Rowson Rowson Shereshevsky Shirov Silman Silman Sokolov Soltis Soltis Stean Stohl Tal Tal Timman & Max Euwe Timman Timman Timman Timman Uhlmann & Gerhard Schmidt Van Perlo Van Wijgerden & Rob Brunia Van Wijgerden & Rob Brunia Volokitin & Vladimir Grabinsky Vukovic Watson Watson Webb Yermolinsky Yusupov

Alexander Bent Isaac Esben Drazen Mihail Mihail Mihail Mihail Nikolay Viktor Karsten Karsten Karsten Alexander Aron Aron John John John John Craig Alfonso Jonathan Jonathan Mikhail Alexei Jeremy Jeremy Ivan Andrew Andrew Michael Igor Mikhail Mikhail Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Wolfgang G.C. Cor Cor Andrei Vladimir John John Simon Alex Artur

Play Like a Grandmaster Bent Larsen´s Best Games of Chess Questions of Modern Chess Theory Rook vs Two Minor Pieces Secrets of Chess Transformations Learn from the Legends Secrets of Chess Defence Secrets of Attacking Chess Reggio Emilia 2007/2008 A Practical guide to Rook Endgames Revolutionize Your Chess Secrets of Pawn Endings How to Play Chess Endgames Fundamental Chess Endings Euwe, Max - The Biography My System Chess Praxis Secrets of Practical Chess (new enlarged ed) Grandmaster Chess Move by Move Understanding Chess Move by Move Understanding Chess Endgames: Key Concepts Explained Heroes of Classical Chess Creative Chess Strategy The Seven Deadly Chess Sins Chess for Zebras: Thinking Differently about Black and White Endgame Strategy Fire on Board (volumes 1 and 2) The Amateur's Mind Silman's Complete Endgame Course Winning Chess Middlegames rethinking the chess pieces How to Choose a Chess Move Simple Chess (New Algebraic edition) Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces Tal-Botvinnik 1960 The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal Fischer World Champion! Curacao 1962 On the Attack Power Chess with Pieces Art of Chess Analysis Open Files: The Road into the Enemy Position Endgame Tactic´s Manual for Chess Trainers: The Step-by-Step Method (series) Learning Chess Workbook: The Step-by-Step Method (series) Perfect your Chess Art of Attack in Chess: 2008 reprint of a Classic Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy Chess Strategy in Action Chess for Tigers The Road to Chess Improvement Build up Your Chess (3 volumes)

Batsford Chess Hardinge Simpole Publishing Quality Chess Quality Chess Gambit Publications Quality Chess Gambit Publications Gambit Publications Quality Chess Russell Enterprises New in Chess Gambit Publications Gambit Publications Gambit Publications New in Chess Quality Chess Quality Chess Gambit Publications Gambit Publications Gambit Publications Gambit Publications Everyman Chess Gambit Publications Gambit Publications Gambit Publications Cadogan Chess Everyman Chess Siles Press Siles Press New in Chess Batsford Chess Batsford Chess Dover Publications Gambit Publications Russell Enterprises Everyman Chess New in Chess New in Chess New in Chess New in Chess Cadogan Chess Edition Olms Zurich New in Chess Van Wijgerden Van Wijgerden Gambit Publications Everyman Chess Gambit Publications Gambit Publications Batsford Chess Gambit Publications Quality Chess

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Proposed Books for Trainers N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Author Surname Agdestein Bosch, Steve Giddins De la Villa Garcia Dvoretsky Dvoretsky & Arthur Yusupov Fischer Grooten Kasparov Kasparov Marin Muller & Frank Lamprecht Nimzowitsch Nimzowitsch Nunn Rowson Rowson Van Delft & Merijn van Delft Van Wijgerden & Rob Brunia Watson Yermolinsky

Name Simen Jeroen Jesus Mark Mark Robert James Herman Garry Garry Mihail Karsten Aron Aron John Jonathan Jonathan Karel Cor John Alex

Title Wonderboy The Chess Instructor 2009 100 Endgames You Must Know Dvoretsky´s Endgame Manual School of Future Champions - 5 volumes My 60 Memorable Games Chess Strategy for Clubplayers My Great Predecessors (volumes I-V) Modern Chess (volumes I-III) Learn from the Legends Fundamental Chess Endings My System Chess Praxis Secrets of Practical Chess (new enlarged ed) The Seven Deadly Chess Sins Chess for Zebras: Thinking Differently about Black and White Developing Chess Talent Manual for Chess Trainers: The Step-by-Step Method (series) Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy The Road to Chess Improvement

Publisher New in Chess New in Chess New in Chess Russell Enterprises Edition Olms Zurich Batsford Chess New in Chess Everyman Chess Everyman Chess Quality Chess Gambit Publications Quality Chess Quality Chess Gambit Publications Gambit Publications Gambit Publications KVDC; www.chesstalent.com Van Wijgerden Gambit Publications Gambit Publications

Year of Publication 2004 2008 2008 2006 2006-2009 2008 2009 2003-2006 2007-2009 2006 2001 2007 2007 2007 2000 2005 2010 2004-2005 1998 1999